EPFL professor Robert West and invited professor Ágnes Horvát discuss how the rise of AI is transforming the dissemination and production of scientific knowledge.
Category: Social Sciences
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Q&A: Within 5 years, AI could independently propose and test scientific hypotheses
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Testing the causal relationship between interpersonal closeness and inter-brain synchrony
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Perceived stress and its association with social support and social factors among lower-middle income mothers of young children in Tunisia
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Revisiting the relationship between industrial policy and firm innovation: a quasi-natural experiment from China
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Prevalence, types, and demographic characteristics associated with major life changes following psychedelic use
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The evolving landscape of gender equality in Japanese higher education, research, and innovation
Japan has been identified as the nation where women’s participation is least advanced. This article addresses the central problem of women’s persistent underrepresentation in higher education and research in Japan. The research questions are:…
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Metacognitive ability is associated with reduced emotion suppression
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Influence of solution efficiency and valence of instruction on additive and subtractive solution strategies in humans, GPT-4, and GPT-4o
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What I learned applying for tenure-track positions
What I learned applying for tenure-track positions
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Community resilience to urban flooding across comparative neighborhoods in China
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